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Bernhard Lanbach

In front from left to right: Michael Neugebauer (GöVB), Christoph Crasselt (telent), Behind from left to right: Marco Gescher (GöVB), Thomas Zimmermann (GöVB), Hannes Fritz (brenner Bernard), Jens Conrad (GöVB), Friedrich Stauß (telent)

Cycle-wise welding of pipe bars

From left to right: Martin Kraft-Fish, Bernhard Lanbach, Albert Außerlechner, Klaus Gürtler, Gisbert Wieser, Renate Pohl, Martin Seidner

Wolfgang Holzer

Construction of inner tunnel shell – Perjen Tunnel, 2nd tube

BERNARD Gruppe ZT GmbH

Gernot Klais, BA (MCI) Marketing

A-6060 Hall in Tirol, Bahnhofstr. 19+43 (0)5223/5840-0 [email protected]

Austria • Germany • China • India • Irak • Russia • Saudi Arabia • TurkeyMedia owner and editors: BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH, Bahnhofstrasse 19, A-6060 Hall in Tirol / Austria, Tel. 05223 / 5840-0 | Fax 05223 / 5840-201, [email protected] and layout: Norbert Dibiasi, Photographs: BERNARD Gruppe, Norbert Dibiasi, Mario Schmittner, i-Stock Editorial Staff: Martin SeidnerDisclosure according to § 25 of the Austrian Media Law: solutions is an independent communication media, which is wholly owned by BERNARD Gruppe ZT GmbH. The purpose of this brochure is to provide information on the services and products of BERNARD Gruppe ZT GmbH. The use of gender specific expressions in the wording of this brochure shall be understood as applying to both female and male genders. Subject to change. Liability for errors, misprints, and omissions excluded.

No. 01 • July 2017Newsletter of the BERNARD Gruppe

Already in 2010, BERNARD Ingenieure was commissioned, as part of a joint venture with the Carinthian design firm Kronawetter as general contractor, to prepare the design of the second tube of the Perjen Tunnel in the Tyrolean Oberland. After the successful completion of the permit application design phase, the new second tube has been under construction since 2016. The finalization of the construction works and the tunnel’s opening for traffic is scheduled to take place in 2018.

Immediately after the completion of the second tube, the first tube of the Perjen Tunnel will be rehabilitated and adapted. In this project, BERNARD Ingenieure is preparing the design and tender of construction works on behalf of ASFINAG (Austrian State Motorway Company) and is, as a result, closely involved in project implementation.The full opening of the approx. 3-km-long Perjen Tunnel with one-way traffic in both tubes is expected to take place in December 2019.

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FULL UPGRADE OF PERJEN TUNNEL

Brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH is supporting the GöVB (Göttingen public transport services) in the implementation of a DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) System. The GöVB is the first transport company in Germany to rely exclusively on the new DMR standard in its communications strategy.

The GöVB’s target system and its connection to the central data hub of the VBN (Transport Association of Bremen and Lower Saxony) consists of the components ITCS (Intermodal

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The full upgrade of the Perjen Tunnel is an important part of the full motorway upgrade between the motorway junctions of Zams and Landeck.

This means that another section of the ASFINAG priority road network has been upgraded to comply with modern safety standards.

(Bernhard Lanbach, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

Gas Connect Austria GmbH is rehabilitating an approx. 51-km-long natural gas high pressure pipeline (DN 300) in Lower Austria. In this project, BERNARD Ingenieure is responsible for all engineering services - from technical design, permit application and tender design to the supervision of construction works.

The project will be realized in three stages over a period of three years. Most sections of the pipeline relocation are situated along the existing pipeline corridor. The alignment will be changed in the immediate surroundings of villages to avoid urban areas. It is expected that the pipeline will cross 15 national roads using pipe jacking and 16 creeks by means of inverted siphons. In addition, existing local gas connections will be renewed. Construction works for the first

construction stage have already begun. Concurrently, various permit application and ROW documents, as well as tender documents are being prepared for subsequent construction stages.

Upon completion of a construction stage, the respective pipeline section will be taken out of operation and the newly built


NATURAL GAS HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINEpipeline will be integrated and put into operation.

(Stefan Dolinschek, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

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OPEN HOUSE EVENT “OFFENES WERKSTOR”This year for the first time, BERNARD Gruppe (BERNARD Group) participated in the innovative open house event “Offenes Werkstor”, which is unique in this form in Austria. The open house event is organized by the city marketing of Hall in Tirol and carried out by several renowned local companies who open their factory gates to the public.

A total of 600 visitors took the chance to become more familiar with two of a total of twelve companies participating in the event.

Among them were the SWARCO Group, Fröschl construction company, the pasta producer Recheis, Wedl trading company and Hall AG municipal services.

At this event, BERNARD Gruppe offered a brief tour through the building and various short presentations which were held by BERNARD experts from different fields of specialization. In this way, the visitors were given an overview of the broad range of activities of the various BERNARD companies and were able to obtain

Transport Control System), radio system, and dynamic passenger information system. Also partner firms of GöVB cooperate with brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH in the field of ITCS and dynamic passenger information systems for design, award of contract and implementation.DMR technology has already been applied by transport providers in the field of voice communication. However, GöVB is the first city-owned company to implement the standard both for voice and data communication. This is why the coordination

NEW HEAD OF DIVISION

SEWER IN RIYADH

Since March 2017, the long-standing BERNARD employee Wolfgang Holzer has been Head of the Energy and Infrastructure Division at BERNARD Ingenieure. Wolfgang Holzer comes from the Tunnel Engineering Department and has more than 15 years of experience specialized in design, award of contract, site supervision and contract management. In this period, he was involved in several large-scale projects and also worked in the f i e l d o f h y d ro p o w e r p l a n t construction, where he rapidly acquired an excellent reputation as a resu l t o f h is exper t i se and professional approach. His new areas of responsibility will comprise t h e d e p a r t m e n t s H y d r a u l i c Engineer ing and Hydropower, Pipeline and Plant Engineering and Project Management and Safety Engineering.

In the south of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, a 33.4-km-long sewer line is being built to connect the city to the new sewage treatment plant in Al Haer. The core of the project consists of two tunnels with lengths of 6.9 km and 5.0 km and an excavation diameter of 3.765 m each. The breakthrough of the first tunnel was achieved in February 2017.

In 2009, the Saudi Tumpane Company Ltd. (STC) appointed BERNARD to prepare a feasibility study, the design and the tender documents for these tunnels. In the course of the construction works realized in 2014, BERNARD was also assigned the design of the start and end pits as well as of the starting caverns for the TBM heading. Our Cl ient in th is project is the construction firm Pizzarotti – Rizzani de Eccher Saudi Arabia Ltd (PRIDE), who is responsible for the tunnel construction works.

between the various system providers is an essential part of the design services to be able to develop appropriate technical solutions. After the successful installation of a DMR system in Göttingen, the next important step for the GöVB is the implementation of an ITCS. The new system is expected to be implemented and connected to all surrounding networks by mid-2018.

(Hannes Fritz, brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH)

interesting information and details about the day-to-day tasks and challenges of an engineer.

The event was a big success for all participants, which was demonstrated by the numerous questions that BERNARD experts were asked by the visitors and that they answered after their presentations.

(Gernot Klais, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

In Austria, there are currently several transport projects in implementation phase, in which complex tunnel structures play an important role.

In addition to numerous projects that are being realized on behalf of ASFINAG (Austrian State Motorway Company) to comply with road tunnel safety regulations, some extraordinary projects, such as Koralm Railway Line, Semmering Base Tunnel and Brenner Base Tunnel are in construction phase with the involvement of BERNARD Ingenieure. Even though it will take another couple of years until these large-scale projects will be completed, it is expected that future investments in comparable infrastructure projects will be significantly lower.

The expansion of our international activities is the logical consequence of the situation. As BERNARD Gruppe (BERNARD Group) has successfully completed international projects for many years, we are facing ideal conditions to continue our global commitment. With numerous locations in Austria, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia and China, our group also has the necessary infrastructure.

For this purpose, we are also further expanding our activities in the field of Geotechnical Engineering. Our experts in the Geotechnical Engineering Department work together with colleagues from other specialist fields on topics such as settlements, foundations, construction pit support and slope stabilization, as well as the effects that these measures have on the completed structure. By working in interdisciplinary teams, BERNARD Ingenieure is able to provide diverse design services from a single source, thus avoiding interfaces between structural designers and soil mechanics engineers, which were a common problem in the past.

As a result, our clients benefit in particular from the knowhow of our employees. In order to maintain and develop these technical knowledge and skills, we at BERNARD Gruppe place great emphasis on the systematic further education and training of our employees. In this context, we strive to promote the transfer of expertise from our experienced experts to younger colleagues. This ensures the continuous development of our employees, which makes them fit to meet the future challenges of our business.

I hope you will enjoy reading this edition!

Bernhard Lanbach Head of Tunnel Engineering Department

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Reinforcement cage instrumented with strain sensors

Medium-voltage switchgear and rectifierSeefeld Railway Station

Prefabrication of pipelines for the crossing of an oxbow lake of the Danube

RED Bernard employee Michael Pamperl installs the sensors

Side radar

To be able to assess a transport system’s capacity and to design traffic infrastructure, different data must be collected depending on the task definition. For years, brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH has had its own department where basic data can be assessed by its own personnel and devices.

The assessment comprises the realization of traffic counts at a point, the analysis of traffic flows and the measurement of travel times in public transport vehicles. In addition, the volume of cycle and stationary traffic is determined, vehicle speed is evaluated, and surveys are carried out in households and at external cordon lines.Our technical equipment now comprises


TRAFFIC SURVEYSa large pool of video capture devices, side radar devices, various cameras and tally counters. This year alone, more than 40 different surveys have been carried out, comprising e.g. traffic counts at 37 different points in Ingolstadt, which were realized in just one and a half weeks, both in the form of 24-hour counts as well as long-term counts.As demand for this basic data is increasing, brenner BERNARD is not only continuously growing its number of devices, but also developing its own products (e.g. software-controlled tracking of license-plate numbers) to be able to reliably offer high-quality solutions to our clients.

(Ulrich Noßwitz, brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH)

Video capture device

Storage dam with access to valve shaft

Since 2013, BERNARD Ingenieure has carried out projects on behalf of Gas Connect Austria, including several renewals of natural gas high pressure pipelines with a total length of 70 km, including the corresponding stations.

The natural gas high pressure pipelines G00-003‚ (DN300) and G00-020 (DN400) were built between 1958 and 1970 and need to be renewed.

BERNARD was asked to prepare the design and permit application with regard to laws and authority procedures, as well as to carry out technical and ecological site supervision. In the course of the project, approx. 15 km of pipelines will be renewed, two gas stations will be decommissioned, another two will be


RENEWAL OF NATURAL GAS HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINES

Just in time for the Nordic World Championships, the Seefeld Railway Station, which has seen better days, is being upgraded to a modern and efficient transport hub. In addition to the construction of a new and barrier-free platform underpass, the existing station building, which is listed as a historical monument, will be completely reconstructed.

Two side platforms are being created as a result of the new track configuration and the demolition of track no.4. The station forecourt at the west side will be redesigned to offer additional space for the bus terminal and Park & Ride Facility. Due to the optimum utilization of the existing space, the side platform can be connected to the new bus platform,


RECONSTRUCTION OF SEEFELD RAILWAY STATIONthus creating a direct link between train and bus transport. The waiting zones at both platforms as well as the Park & Ride Facility will be equipped with transparent steel-glass roofing.

BERNARD Ingenieure was asked to carry out the structural engineering and the railway line design. The permit application and tender design, as well as substantial parts of the execution design have already been completed. The project, which is carried out on behalf of ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways), is planned to be finished step-by-step by the end of 2018.

(Albert Außerlechner, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

The water management authority of Traunstein, Bavaria/Germany, asked brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH to rehabilitate the bottom outlet of the Surspeicher, a reservoir at the Sur River. The Surspeicher Reservoir is used as flood protection system and for electricity generation. It has a storage capacity of over 5 million m³ and a storage dam with a height of 24 m and a length of 240 m.


REHABILITATION OF “SURSPEICHER” RESERVOIR IN BAVARIA

ACTES Bernard GmbH was commissioned by a joint venture headed by the architect Mossburger to carry out the design of the overhead contact line system and the rectifier substation of a railway depot of Wiener Lokalbahnen, Vienna’s local transport services.

Wiener Lokalbahnen decided to build a new depot, including parking and maintenance halls as well as an office building. The parking hall is designed to accommodate twelve trains, and in the maintenance hall there is enough space to overhaul three trains at the same time. There is also a train wash facility. As there are turning loops for trucks in the area of the entrance tracks to the terminus, the overhead lines had to be erected over large head spans. In the maintenance hall

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NEW RAILWAY DEPOT OF WIENER LOKALBAHNENthere is a sophisticated system providing sufficient personal safety. ACTES Bernard carried out the complete design for the two rectifiers, including the corresponding simulation.The first rectifier feeds electricity to the adjacent 2-km-long line, the second one feeds the halls. The overhead catenary is juiced with 850 V DC. All in all, more than 2,000 m of electricity cables were laid on the premises; the two transformers have a capacity of 1,600 kVA and a weight of 4,800 kg. Each of the rectifiers provides 2,300 A DC, while protective systems check for any errors. The rectifier has already been completed and is feeding the line. The overhead catenary and the depot will be completed this year.

(Stefan Jorthan, ACTES Bernard GmbH)

adapted and one new station will be built.

The second project stage proved to be a great challenge as it comprised the crossing of an oxbow lake of the Danube, which is under particular protection in the Danube-Auen National Park.

In this project, the Pipeline and Facilities Engineering Department is being backed by experts from Environment and Spatial Planning, Energy, Infrastructure, as well as Structural Engineering and Construction. By the end of 2017, when the project is expected to be completed, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH will have contributed approx. 90 man-months to the project.

(Markus Wallner, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

The bottom outlet consists of a 160-m-long reinforced concrete pipe with a diameter of 2.4 m and an approx. 22-m-deep valve shaft. The hydraulic steel structure of the valve shaft, which was constructed in 1968, must be rehabilitated after almost 50 years.The rehabilitation measures of the valve shaft notably comprise the renewal of the two sluice boards and the steel casing,

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By using a total of approx. 330 sensors, RED Bernard GmbH is realizing its largest bridge monitoring project to date. Within the framework of a research contract commissioned by PORR Bau GmbH and supported by Vienna Technical University, RED examines the load bearing behavior of newly built high-rise buildings made of reinforced concrete.

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BRIDGE MONITORING PROJECT IN MONTE LAAThe goal of the research project is to compare the structures’ real load bearing behavior with the forces determined by means of 3D FEM simulations. In a second step, the causes of the assessed differences are analyzed and described. The examined high-rise buildings have heights between 70 and 115 m and are located in Monte Laa, a residential area in Vienna.

as well as of the drive system including all hydraulic components and rollers. In addition to the works carried out at the hydraulic steel structure, minor concrete rehabilitation measures are required to assure the structure’s durability. Finally, some minor structural adaptations will be made to the ventilation system and gauge meter.Construction logistics are complex, as the

construction works are being carried out in a shaft with a diameter of only 4 to 5.20 m. A further aggravating factor is that the rehabilitation works take place while the reservoir is partly filled to guarantee that the hydropower plant can continue to be in operation.

(Wolfgang Malecek, Christiane Beer, brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH)

As the forces in concrete supports cannot be directly measured, they are assessed by means of strain measurements in the concrete. For this purpose, supports and walls were equipped with strain sensors before concreting to assess the impact of various interferences. In order to trace eventual redistributions of forces as a result of the subsidence of supports, settlement sensors were installed above

the bored piles. On the basis of this extensive permanent monitoring, the real load bearing behavior of the examined high-rise buildings can be modelled in a way which is close to reality.

(Sonja Dallinger, RED Bernard GmbH)

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In front from left to right: Michael Neugebauer (GöVB), Christoph Crasselt (telent), Behind from left to right: Marco Gescher (GöVB), Thomas Zimmermann (GöVB), Hannes Fritz (brenner Bernard), Jens Conrad (GöVB), Friedrich Stauß (telent)

Cycle-wise welding of pipe bars

From left to right: Martin Kraft-Fish, Bernhard Lanbach, Albert Außerlechner, Klaus Gürtler, Gisbert Wieser, Renate Pohl, Martin Seidner

Wolfgang Holzer

Construction of inner tunnel shell – Perjen Tunnel, 2nd tube

BERNARD Gruppe ZT GmbH

Gernot Klais, BA (MCI) Marketing

A-6060 Hall in Tirol, Bahnhofstr. 19+43 (0)5223/5840-0 [email protected]

Austria • Germany • China • India • Irak • Russia • Saudi Arabia • TurkeyMedia owner and editors: BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH, Bahnhofstrasse 19, A-6060 Hall in Tirol / Austria, Tel. 05223 / 5840-0 | Fax 05223 / 5840-201, [email protected] and layout: Norbert Dibiasi, Photographs: BERNARD Gruppe, Norbert Dibiasi, Mario Schmittner, i-Stock Editorial Staff: Martin SeidnerDisclosure according to § 25 of the Austrian Media Law: solutions is an independent communication media, which is wholly owned by BERNARD Gruppe ZT GmbH. The purpose of this brochure is to provide information on the services and products of BERNARD Gruppe ZT GmbH. The use of gender specific expressions in the wording of this brochure shall be understood as applying to both female and male genders. Subject to change. Liability for errors, misprints, and omissions excluded.

No. 01 • July 2017Newsletter of the BERNARD Gruppe

Already in 2010, BERNARD Ingenieure was commissioned, as part of a joint venture with the Carinthian design firm Kronawetter as general contractor, to prepare the design of the second tube of the Perjen Tunnel in the Tyrolean Oberland. After the successful completion of the permit application design phase, the new second tube has been under construction since 2016. The finalization of the construction works and the tunnel’s opening for traffic is scheduled to take place in 2018.

Immediately after the completion of the second tube, the first tube of the Perjen Tunnel will be rehabilitated and adapted. In this project, BERNARD Ingenieure is preparing the design and tender of construction works on behalf of ASFINAG (Austrian State Motorway Company) and is, as a result, closely involved in project implementation.The full opening of the approx. 3-km-long Perjen Tunnel with one-way traffic in both tubes is expected to take place in December 2019.


FULL UPGRADE OF PERJEN TUNNEL

Brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH is supporting the GöVB (Göttingen public transport services) in the implementation of a DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) System. The GöVB is the first transport company in Germany to rely exclusively on the new DMR standard in its communications strategy.

The GöVB’s target system and its connection to the central data hub of the VBN (Transport Association of Bremen and Lower Saxony) consists of the components ITCS (Intermodal

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editorial

KONTAKT


DIGITAL MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM

www.bernard-gruppe.com

The full upgrade of the Perjen Tunnel is an important part of the full motorway upgrade between the motorway junctions of Zams and Landeck.

This means that another section of the ASFINAG priority road network has been upgraded to comply with modern safety standards.

(Bernhard Lanbach, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

Gas Connect Austria GmbH is rehabilitating an approx. 51-km-long natural gas high pressure pipeline (DN 300) in Lower Austria. In this project, BERNARD Ingenieure is responsible for all engineering services - from technical design, permit application and tender design to the supervision of construction works.

The project will be realized in three stages over a period of three years. Most sections of the pipeline relocation are situated along the existing pipeline corridor. The alignment will be changed in the immediate surroundings of villages to avoid urban areas. It is expected that the pipeline will cross 15 national roads using pipe jacking and 16 creeks by means of inverted siphons. In addition, existing local gas connections will be renewed. Construction works for the first

construction stage have already begun. Concurrently, various permit application and ROW documents, as well as tender documents are being prepared for subsequent construction stages.

Upon completion of a construction stage, the respective pipeline section will be taken out of operation and the newly built


NATURAL GAS HIGH PRESSURE PIPELINEpipeline will be integrated and put into operation.

(Stefan Dolinschek, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

BERNARD GRUPPE

OPEN HOUSE EVENT “OFFENES WERKSTOR”This year for the first time, BERNARD Gruppe (BERNARD Group) participated in the innovative open house event “Offenes Werkstor”, which is unique in this form in Austria. The open house event is organized by the city marketing of Hall in Tirol and carried out by several renowned local companies who open their factory gates to the public.

A total of 600 visitors took the chance to become more familiar with two of a total of twelve companies participating in the event.

Among them were the SWARCO Group, Fröschl construction company, the pasta producer Recheis, Wedl trading company and Hall AG municipal services.

At this event, BERNARD Gruppe offered a brief tour through the building and various short presentations which were held by BERNARD experts from different fields of specialization. In this way, the visitors were given an overview of the broad range of activities of the various BERNARD companies and were able to obtain

Transport Control System), radio system, and dynamic passenger information system. Also partner firms of GöVB cooperate with brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH in the field of ITCS and dynamic passenger information systems for design, award of contract and implementation.DMR technology has already been applied by transport providers in the field of voice communication. However, GöVB is the first city-owned company to implement the standard both for voice and data communication. This is why the coordination

NEW HEAD OF DIVISION

SEWER IN RIYADH

Since March 2017, the long-standing BERNARD employee Wolfgang Holzer has been Head of the Energy and Infrastructure Division at BERNARD Ingenieure. Wolfgang Holzer comes from the Tunnel Engineering Department and has more than 15 years of experience specialized in design, award of contract, site supervision and contract management. In this period, he was involved in several large-scale projects and also worked in the f i e l d o f h y d ro p o w e r p l a n t construction, where he rapidly acquired an excellent reputation as a resu l t o f h is exper t i se and professional approach. His new areas of responsibility will comprise t h e d e p a r t m e n t s H y d r a u l i c Engineer ing and Hydropower, Pipeline and Plant Engineering and Project Management and Safety Engineering.

In the south of the Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh, a 33.4-km-long sewer line is being built to connect the city to the new sewage treatment plant in Al Haer. The core of the project consists of two tunnels with lengths of 6.9 km and 5.0 km and an excavation diameter of 3.765 m each. The breakthrough of the first tunnel was achieved in February 2017.

In 2009, the Saudi Tumpane Company Ltd. (STC) appointed BERNARD to prepare a feasibility study, the design and the tender documents for these tunnels. In the course of the construction works realized in 2014, BERNARD was also assigned the design of the start and end pits as well as of the starting caverns for the TBM heading. Our Cl ient in th is project is the construction firm Pizzarotti – Rizzani de Eccher Saudi Arabia Ltd (PRIDE), who is responsible for the tunnel construction works.

between the various system providers is an essential part of the design services to be able to develop appropriate technical solutions. After the successful installation of a DMR system in Göttingen, the next important step for the GöVB is the implementation of an ITCS. The new system is expected to be implemented and connected to all surrounding networks by mid-2018.

(Hannes Fritz, brenner BERNARD ingenieure GmbH)

interesting information and details about the day-to-day tasks and challenges of an engineer.

The event was a big success for all participants, which was demonstrated by the numerous questions that BERNARD experts were asked by the visitors and that they answered after their presentations.

(Gernot Klais, BERNARD Ingenieure ZT GmbH)

In Austria, there are currently several transport projects in implementation phase, in which complex tunnel structures play an important role.

In addition to numerous projects that are being realized on behalf of ASFINAG (Austrian State Motorway Company) to comply with road tunnel safety regulations, some extraordinary projects, such as Koralm Railway Line, Semmering Base Tunnel and Brenner Base Tunnel are in construction phase with the involvement of BERNARD Ingenieure. Even though it will take another couple of years until these large-scale projects will be completed, it is expected that future investments in comparable infrastructure projects will be significantly lower.

The expansion of our international activities is the logical consequence of the situation. As BERNARD Gruppe (BERNARD Group) has successfully completed international projects for many years, we are facing ideal conditions to continue our global commitment. With numerous locations in Austria, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia and China, our group also has the necessary infrastructure.

For this purpose, we are also further expanding our activities in the field of Geotechnical Engineering. Our experts in the Geotechnical Engineering Department work together with colleagues from other specialist fields on topics such as settlements, foundations, construction pit support and slope stabilization, as well as the effects that these measures have on the completed structure. By working in interdisciplinary teams, BERNARD Ingenieure is able to provide diverse design services from a single source, thus avoiding interfaces between structural designers and soil mechanics engineers, which were a common problem in the past.

As a result, our clients benefit in particular from the knowhow of our employees. In order to maintain and develop these technical knowledge and skills, we at BERNARD Gruppe place great emphasis on the systematic further education and training of our employees. In this context, we strive to promote the transfer of expertise from our experienced experts to younger colleagues. This ensures the continuous development of our employees, which makes them fit to meet the future challenges of our business.

I hope you will enjoy reading this edition!

Bernhard Lanbach Head of Tunnel Engineering Department

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